What’s pulling on your heartstrings tonight? Is it concern over a loved one who’s dying?Or o’er someone who’s sad, who is crying? Is it money that seems not to comeWhen you direly need to have some? Is it fire destroying all that’s around?Or, is it water that’s not to be found? Is it that you … Continue reading Heartstrings
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How Long, O Lord
“The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,and you will not hear?Or cry to you “Violence!”and you will not save?Why do you make me see iniquity,and why do you idly look at wrong?Destruction and violence are before me;strife and contention arise.So the law is paralyzed,and justice never goes … Continue reading How Long, O Lord
The Plans of God for Us
The following was a specific promise given by God to a specific people at a particular time in history under very distinct circumstances which are not relevant to us today. The people of God were under the judgment of God for a period of 70 years. So, the Lord was giving them specific instructions for … Continue reading The Plans of God for Us
Look How You Walk
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, … Continue reading Look How You Walk
God Receives Those Who Pursue Righteousness
Proverbs 15 Select Verses “The eyes of the Lord are in every place,keeping watch on the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3 ESV) God, who created all of us, is completely sovereign over all that he has made. He knows the end from the beginning. All the days ordained for us were written in his … Continue reading God Receives Those Who Pursue Righteousness
The Will of God
“Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.” (1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV) I … Continue reading The Will of God
I Pray This Would Be the Time
Many false commitmentsThat were not true to form.Many false confessionsThat not to Christ conformed. Many empty chattersThat ne’er went anywhere.Many lies, deceptions,And not the truth was shared. Many staged professionsOf faith, faith not sincere.Many times admissionsOf sin, not truth in gear. Many are such wand’ringsOf those who not repent.They go through the motionsAnd yet their … Continue reading I Pray This Would Be the Time
Looking Into the Perfect Law
James 1:22-25 ESV “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets … Continue reading Looking Into the Perfect Law
I Delight to Do God’s Will
“In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,but you have given me an open ear.Burnt offering and sin offeringyou have not required.Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come;in the scroll of the book it is written of me:I delight to do your will, O my God;your law is within my heart.’” (Psalms 40:6-8 ESV) And … Continue reading I Delight to Do God’s Will
Run With It 